Key Messages
- It’s important to learn problem solving skills to help us make health sexual choices. Knowing where to go and who is available can help with decision-making.
Learning Intention
To practise problem solving skills and encourage conversations about a range of issues affecting the sexual decision-making of young people.
Time
40 minutes.
Required Resources
- A set of Dear Teen Doctor Cards.
- Paper and Pens.
Teaching Notes
Students have the chance in this activity to share their knowledge about managing sexual issues. It can be used as a formative assessment activity before starting a unit of work, or at the end as a summative assessment.
Procedure
- Divide the class into groups of three to four students. Give each group a Dear teen doctor scenario card.
- Allow enough time for students to discuss the scenario and come up with some practical suggestions to solve that problem. Let them know they should write these suggestions in letter format as a reply to the person.
- Ask each group to choose two spokespeople, one to read the scenario and another to read their response.
Questioning
- How is the young person in your scenario feeling?
- What issues are they faced with?
- Do you think these are common issues for young people?
- How easy is it to make healthy sexual choices? What stops young people from doing this?
- What people or sources of information can an individual access if they have any further questions?
As a class, talk about the specific issues for each scenario, including those relating to the themes of gender, power, stereotypes, relationships, feelings and communication.